The National Youth Service Corps says it would continue to harness the potentials of Corps Members to enhance their empowerment and also contribute to national development.
NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General
Shuaibu Ibrahim stated this today in Abuja while addressing the media on the
preparations for the forthcoming 2021 Batch ‘C’ Stream Two Orientation Course
slated to commence on Wednesday 24th November 2021.
He disclosed that the Scheme has rejiged its garment factories in Niger and Anambra States for maximum productivity while the bread and water factories in Abuja have also been overhauled.
“Last year we generated over Two Hundred
and Eighty Million Naira which was remitted to the federation account and for
2021, we generated Five Hundred and Eleven Million naira which would also be
paid to the federation account as the Scheme’s contribution to national economy.
From our garment factory, bakery and table
water factories we are bringing innovation into NYSC because we have put on our
thinking cap as we don’t want to be a beggar agency. We have revitalised our
garment factories and we are using our garment factories as training centres
for our Corps Members that have passion for fashion design because they also
sow clothes.
Corps Members are acting films, we have the
National Cultural Troupe and they are going to perform while we will bring the
proceeds as our contribution to national economy”, Ibrahim said.
The Director-General assured that the
Scheme would continue to tap Corps Members’ talents for national development.
He appealed to Nigerians to provide
adequate welfare and security for Corps Members in their domain, adding that
they are on national assignment.
He debunked the misrepresentation against
the Scheme on drugs in some section of the media, adding that the Scheme has
not caught any serving Corps Member with hard drugs during its Orientation
Exercises in the thirty-seven camps across the country.
“We have various stakeholders like the
NDLEA, Police, Army, NSCDC among others that support us to scrutinize Corps
Members for hard drugs before they enter our Orientation Camps".
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